Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn cleared in pimping trial

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was acquitted Friday of "aggravated pimping" in a case that has highlighted the dramatic fall of a man once tipped to be the president of France.
The verdict is the last step in four years of legal drama for Strauss-Kahn — sometimes referred to as DSK — that began when a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in 2011. That case was later settled out of court, although it left the economist's reputation in tatters.
The charges that he was cleared of Friday relate to separate accusations that he took part in and even organized orgies with prostitutes at a French luxury hotel — accusations DSK has consistently denied.
Ten other people were also acquitted on Friday at the court in Lille, France.
The ex-IMF boss previously told the French court that he participated in sex parties because he needed "recreational sessions" while he was busy "saving the world" from one of its worst financial crises.
But he also said that at no time was he aware that the women involved were prostitutes.
Prostitution is legal in France, but seeking to procure the services of sex workers is not.
The trial included testimony from women who described DSK's sexual escapades as brutal.

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